Monday 18 November 2013

A series of old picture cards of the wayang wong genre sent from Surakarta to the International Exhibition in Amsterdam, ca. 1883.

All images copyright and courtesy of the Photography Gallery, National Gallery of Australia.

Gatot-Kaca with the diagnostic star on his breast-plate

A scene of a wirengan dance portraying the Bugis

A scene of Irawan, the son of the noble Janaka and Gatot-Kaca wrestling with a member of the Kurawa clan

Bumo-Narokosuro, a son of Kresno with Werkudoro

A character portraying Sumbradra with Anilo, the dancer with the monkey mask

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